One Night in Miami... (2020)
Leslie Odom Jr.: Sam Cooke
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Quotes
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Sam Cooke : Everybody talks about they wantin' a piece of the pie, well I don't. I want the goddamn recipe.
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Sam Cooke : [On Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind"] I felt I should have written that song.
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Jim Brown : [regarding the ice cream in the motel room] Well, what flavor is it?
Malcolm X : Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy...
[pulls a second carton out of the freezer]
Malcolm X : ...and vanilla.
Jim Brown : Shit.
Sam Cooke : How's that for irony?
Malcolm X : Last time I checked, Brother Sam, vanilla was your flavor of choice.
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Malcolm X : What kind of message are you sending, though, by doing one show for white folks and a completely different show for black folks, Sam?
Sam Cooke : [laughing in contempt] Ha.
Malcolm X : No, listen to me, you're performing in places where the only black people not on stage are the ones serving the food.
Sam Cooke : Don't you think I know that? I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach out and punch somebody.
Malcolm X : Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon that you have, man: your voice! Black people, we, we standing up! We, we speaking out!
Sam Cooke : Umm hm.
Malcolm X : Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, beautiful outlets of us all. You're not using it to help the cause, brother
Sam Cooke : The hell I'm not! I got the masters to my songs. I started a label, I'm producing tons of black artists. Don't you think my determining my own creative and business destiny is every bit as inspiring to people as you standing up on a podium trying to piss 'em off?
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Sam Cooke : Everybody talks about wantin' a piece of the pie, well I don't. I want the goddamn recipie!
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Sam Cooke : The only color they care about in the Cali is the color green.
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Sam Cooke : But you still obey them, so when they tell you to come out here to recruit Cassius to become a member of some...
Malcolm X : I didn't make Cassius do anything! He came to me for insight, he had questions. His passion for Islam come from a pure...
Cassius Clay : Passion... is kind of a strong word.